FNs særlige Iran-overvåger peger på talrige rapporter om overgreb, tortur, diskrimination mod kvinder og rettigheder, som trædes under fode i det islamisk-styrede land – dertil kommer, at bødlen stadig har ualmindeligt travlt.
GENEVA, 11 March 2013 (UN News Service): An independent United Nations expert Monday voiced serious concern about the general situation of human rights in Iran, pointing to “widespread and systemic” torture, as well as the harassment (chikane), arrest and attacks against human rights defenders, lawyers and journalists.
“The prevailing (fremherskende) situation of human rights in Iran continues to warrant serious concern, and will require a wide range of solutions that are both respectful of cultural perspectives and mindful of the universality of fundamental human rights promulgated by (kundgjort i) the treaties to which Iran is a party,” said the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed.
Presenting his report to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, Mr. Shaheed said that Iran has made some “noteworthy advances” in the area of women’s rights, including advancements in health, literacy (læse og skrive) and in enrolment rates on both the primary and secondary levels.
“However, reports about recent policies that prohibit women’s access to a number of fields of study, further restrict women’s freedom of movement, and current polices that continue to impede (formindsker) women’s ability to hold certain decision-making positions in Government remain problematic,” he noted.
At the same time, a “preponderance (væld) of reports” communicated to him this past year indicate that that the situation for individuals in Iran who advocate for the advancement of human rights, or those that document, report, or protest against human rights violations, is “grave and continues to deteriorate (forværres).”
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People who defend the rights of women, religious and ethnic minorities, as well as those that work to advance protections for the environment, workers and children continue to be subjected to harassment, arrest, interrogation, and torture.
And they are “frequently charged with vaguely-defined national security crimes, which is seemingly meant to erode the frontline of human rights defence in the country,” said the expert.
“My current report also presents what appears to be unimpeachable (uigendrivelige) forensic (retsmedicinske) evidence that torture is occurring in Iran on a geographically widespread and systemic (across a number of Government branches) basis,” Mr. Shaheed stated.
He also voiced alarm at the high rate of executions that take place in Iran, a majority of which continue to take place for drug-related offences, which do not meet international standards for ‘most serious crimes.’
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